Red x all you want,
if you take the whole passage, that is the way it is supposed to go
Ezekiel 36 in order
For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land.
according to you babylon
according to me rome
25 Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will put My Spirit within you and
cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.
then God will sprinkle clean water and make them (Israel,clean) he will cause them to shun their idols and take the heart of stone out,and he will cause them to walk in his ways
according to you the cross
according to me made possible by the cross, but this event has not taken place yet
next
28
Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; you shall be My people, and I will be your God. 29 I will
deliver you from all your uncleannesses. I will call for the grain and multiply it, and bring no famine upon you. 30 And I will multiply the fruit of your trees and the increase of your fields, so that you need never again bear the reproach of famine among the nations. 31 Then
you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good; and you will [e]loathe yourselves in your own sight, for your iniquities and your abominations. 32 Not for your sake do I do
this,” says the Lord God, “let it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel!”
then they will repent, and be returned to their own land, and God will make them fruitful again.
according to you? When did this happen
according to me, has not happened yet, no event in history fits these statement
then next in the timeline
33 ‘Thus says the Lord God: “
On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will also enable you to dwell in the cities, and the ruins shall be rebuilt. 34 The desolate land shall be tilled instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass by. 35 So they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden; and the wasted, desolate, and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’ 36 Then the nations which are left all around you shall know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted what was desolate. I, the Lord, have spoken it, and I will do it.”
on the DAY all of these things take place. These things will happen, the cities rebuilt, the land returned to the land of milk and honey, and the gentiles wonder in aww..
according to you.. new jerusalem I guess?
according to me, not yet happened, no even in history has this taken place. and if this day was the cross, then these things never took place.
sorry, again red x all you want, your interpretation does not fit,